
Is it true, as
Momus
suggests, that there are "few tales which would not be improved by the
addition of the phrase 'suddenly, a shot rang out'"? Decide for
yourself as we alter the opening lines of . . .
BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler
Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person. Suddenly, a shot rang out.